372 CHAUS. 



mal, the tail seems rather longer than in the for- 

 mer, and without the least appearance of bars. 

 Mr. Pennant considers this as a distinct species, 

 under the name of New Spain Cat. 



CHAUS. 



Felis Chaus. F. cauda mediocti, apicem versus annulata, apice 

 ipso nigra, corpore reliquo ex fuscescente luteo, auriculis extus 

 bmmtcis apice nigro barbatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 82. 

 Guldenstedt not. camm. petrop. 1775. p. 483. t. 14, 15. 



Brownish-yellow C. with moderately short tail, annulated to- 

 wards the tip, with the tip itself black, and the ears brown, 

 bearded with black at the tips. 



Caspian Lynx. Pennant Quadr. \.p. 304. 



THIS species was first described by Professor 

 Guldenstedt in the Petersburgh Transactions. It 

 is an inhabitant of the woody and marshy tracts 

 that border on the western side of the Caspian 

 Sea, and in the Persian provinces of Ghilan and 

 Masenderan, and is frequent about the mouth of 

 the Kur, the ancient Cyrus. In manners, voice, 

 and food, it agrees with the wild Cat. Its gene- 

 ral length is about two feet six inches from the 

 nose to the tail; but it has been known to mea- 

 sure three feet : the tail reaches only to the flexure 

 of the legs. The colour of this species is a dusky 

 yellowish-brown; the breast and belly much 

 brighter, or more inclining to orange-colour : the 

 tail is tipped with black, and has three obscure 

 black bars at some distance from the tip ; and on 



